Kate Langford is a consultant writer with close to 20 years’ experience in communicating natural resource, environmental and land management issues for various government and non-government organizations. She previously worked as Communications Specialist for the World Agroforestry Centre in Kenya and has worked in Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam and Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Graduate Diploma in Scientific Communication.

The Pacific island nation of Tonga has released an ambitious National Climate Change Policy, aiming for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2035 and 30 per cent of land utilized for agroforestry or forestry. An article in Matangi...